Electric cigar-lighter



(No Model.)

- W. P. GARSTARPH Jr.

ELECTRIC CIGAR L1G ER.

Patented May 9, 1893.

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w i g UNrrnD STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

IVILLIAIWI P. CARSTARPHEN, JR, OF DENVER, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF TVO- THIRDS TO JAMES E. GREGG, OF SAME PLACE, AND RICHARD IVEBB, OF SANTA FE, TERRITORY OF NEIV MEXICO.

ELECTRIC CIGAR-LIG HTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,263, dated May 9, 1893.

Application filed November '7, 1892. Serial No. 451,259. (No model.)

To all 1071 0712, it may concern: ism in the several views, let the numeral Be it known that I, \VILLIAM P. CARSTAR- designate thehandle preferably formed of some PHEN, J r., a citizen of the United States of suitable insulating material and provided America, residing at Denver, in the county of near the lighter extremity with a circumfer- 5 Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have inentialshouldero whereby it may be supported vented certain new and useful Improvements when inserted in a suitable holder 6. In the in Electric Cigar-Lighters; and I do declare handle 5 is formed a recess 7 in which is lothe following to be a full,clear, and exact decated the circuit making and breaking mechscription of the invention, such as will enable anism. 1n the bottom of the recess is placed 10 others skilled in the art to which it appertains a ring 8 preferably composed of metal and to make and use the same, reference being provided with a screw head 10 inserted in a hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the threaded recess formed in the top of the pin 9 figures of reference marked thereon, which which forms a guide for the insulating plug form a part of this specification. 12 to the bottom of which is attached the disk 15 My invention relates to improvements in 13 preferably composed of metal. To the cigar lighters and the object of the invention Outer extremity of plug 12 is secured the prois to provide a device of this class which shall j ecting top 14. be simple in construction, economical in cost, Disk 13 is normally separated from ring 8 reliable, durable and etlicient in use. This by a space 15 in which is located a spring 16 20 lighter is specially designed for use in electric surrounding the pin 0. One extremity of this light circuits carrying alternating currents spring engages the bottom of the recess and and in combination with a transformer in the other extremity, the undersurface of the which the co-efficient of transformation is so disk 13. By pressing upon projection 1% disk regulated as to make this use practicable, the 13 is brought in contact with ring 8. It will 2 5 pressure or voltage of the current being propbe observed that the disk 13 engages the pin y leducedwhile the ring is separated therefrom. IIence To these ends the invention consists of the the electric circuit is normally broken befeatures,arrangementsandcombinationsheretween terminals 17 and 18, leading respectinafter described and claimed, and the same ively to the pin and the ring, while the cir- 0 will be fully understood by reference to the cuit is closed by pressing upon projection 14 accompanying drawings, in which is illusand moving the disk 13 downward to engagetrated an embodiment thereof. ment with the ring. Conductors 17 and 18 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal lead to binding posts 19 and 20 respectively, section taken through the lighter and transsecured to the base of the hand piece. To

5 former, and showing them electrically conone of the binding posts 19 and 20 leads a nected. The section through the lighter is conductor 21 from the primary coil 23 of the taken on the line oc0c, Fig. 2 which is a transformer 2st, while to the other binding similar section taken on the line g y, Fig. 1. post leads a conductor 22, connected with the Fig. 3 is an end view of the lighter extremity other branch of the main circuit. To one ex- 40 of the handle. Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragtremity of handle5which is suitablyrecessed 9 mentary section showing the manner of attherefor,is secured thelighter proper 25, comtaching the lighter proper to the handle. Fig. posed of some suitable material as platinum,

5 is an enlarged view in detail of the circuit offering such resistance to the current that making and breaking mechanism located in the same becomes incandescent the instant 5 the handle. Fig. 6 is an elevation on a small the circuit is closed. This lighter is preferscale showing the lighter in the incandescent ably placed upon a layer 27 of asbestus or circuit, the transformer being located in the other suitable noncombustible material, formlamp socket. ing a poor conductor for the heat from the Similar reference characters indicating corlighter. The extremities of the lighter are 50 responding parts or elements of the mechan secured to the hand piece by means of screws I00 28, entering the tubular contacts 29, located in recesses formed in the extremity of the handle. To contacts 29 lead conductors 30 and 30 from binding posts 31 and 31 to which lead conductors 32 and 32 from the extremities of the secondary coil of the transformer.

By pressing upon projection 1 L of the handle and closing the primary circuit, a current is passed therethrough from the supply circuit and a current induced in the secondary coil. This induced current passes through and incandesces the lighter, since the latter is located in the secondary circuit.

I have shown in the drawings myimproved transformer adapted to fit the socket of the incandescent lamp. This transformer, however, is not claimed broadly in this application but forms the subject matter of another application, Serial No. 451,258, and bearing even date herewith. Hence the use of this lighter is not limited to its employment in connection with this particular transformer, but may be employed with any suitable construction in which the co-efiicient of transformation is properly regulated.

In Fig. 1 the coils of my improved transformer are shown partially in elevation and partially in section. They are wound upon an iron spool of a core or spindle 40 having heads 41 secured to its extremities. These heads are engaged and the coils covered by a cylindrical iron shell 42 completing the magnetic circuit. To the extremities of the iron spool are secured insulating heads 13 and 4:4 by screws 45. To head 43 are secured binding posts 46, 47, 4S and 19 to which lead the terminals and 52 of the secondary coil, the terminal 51 of the primary coil and the con ductor 5% leading from the metal thimble 55. This conductor and the coil terminals are connectcd respectively with conductors 32, 32, 21 and 22 through the medium of the binding posts. The metal thimble 55 is fashioned to fit the socket 56 of the incandescent lamp. Conductor 54 and one terminal 63 of the primary coil connect with the branch wires 60 and 61 of the main circuit wires 58 and 59. Hence the primary coil is placed in the incandescent circuit by inserting thimble 55 in the socket 56 as shown in Fig. 6.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination with a transformer of a cigar lighter consisting of a hand piece provided with an incandescing lighter located in the secondary circuit of the transformer and circuit making and breaking mechanism located in the primary circuit, of the transformer, said mechanism being concealed within arecess formedin the hand piece and consisting of a ring, a pin and a movable part connected with the pin, the movable part being provided with a piece of conducting material and normally separated from the ring which is also a conductor and a spring located beceases tween the ring and the movable part and normally breaking the primary circuit of the transformer in which said mechanism is located whereby as the movable part is pressed the current induced in the secondary coil is passed through the lighter, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a transformer composed of an iron spool having heads located at the extremities of the spindle or core, primary and secondary coils wound upon the spool, the one interior and the other exterior, and a concentric iron shell engaging the heads of the spool and covering the coil, and a cigar lighter consisting of a hand piece provided with an exposed incandescing lighter located ill the secondary circuit of the transformer, and circuit-making and breaking mechanism concealed within the hand piece and located in the primary circuit whereby as the last named circuit is closed the current induced in the secondary coil is passed through the lighter, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a transformer composed of an iron spool upon which are wound the primary and secondary coils, the one upon the other,the outer concentric iron shell closing the magnetic circuit,one extremity of the device being fashioned to fit the socket of an incandescent lamp whereby the primary coil is connected with the lamp circuit by insertion in the socket, and a cigar lighter consisting of a hand piece having an incandescing lighter locatedin the secondary circuit of the transformer and circuit making and breaking mechanism located in the primary circuit, substantially as described.

1. The combination of a transformer consisting of a spool composed of magnetic material upon which the coils are wound, an outer magnetic shell covering the coils and closing the magnetic circuit and a cigar lighter having the burner located in the secondary circuit and the circuit making and breaking mechanism located in the primary circuit, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a transformer consisting of a magnetic spool upon which the coils are wound, an outer concentric magnetic shell, insulating blocks secured to the extremities of the spool and a thimble attached to one of these blocks and adapted to fit the socket of an incandescent lamp an d connect the coils with the main circuit, and a cigar lighter having its burner located in the secondary circuit and its circuit making and breaking mechanism located in the primary circuit, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM P. CARSTA RPIIEN, JR.

Vitnesses:

\VM. MoCoNNELL, G. J. ROLLANDET. 

